湖北外科醫生支援萊索托

江西 孫朝嵐

主題語境：醫療支援 篇幅：357詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1Sheng Jian,a surgeon from Wuhan in Hubei Province,had signed up for the mission to join the Chinese medical team in Lesotho.He is a member of the 16th team sent by China to provide medical aid in Lesotho,and after he arrived in March,the 45-yearold became one of only two general surgeons at the hospital.

2On Wednesdays,he does outpatient counseling.It's the day he usually receives a lot of complicated cases and Sheng said that sometimes he was so busy working on Wednesdays over the winter,which lasts from June to August,that he didn't have time to eat.

3Thursdays aren't much quieter,as this is a surgery day.Sheng estimates that the number of general surgeries has at least doubled since he began working at the hospital.The increased workload has drawn complaints from some of the nurses.“My interns (實 習 醫 生)told me the other day that the staff in the operating rooms call my surgery day‘Black Thursday’,”he said with a laugh.

4But he has maintained his pace, performing at least eight surgeries almost each Thursday,trying his best to treat the critically ill who otherwise would have to be transferred to hospitals in the capital,Maseru,which is two hours drive away.

5Sheng is also on call for emergency surgeries at weekend and has treated a variety of cases,including road injuries,burns,stomach and breast tumors and hernias.He gets a strong sense of satisfaction from recognition of his work.

6One Thursday in August,he took a break from surgery after he was called to the outpatient department to help a boy with a splinter (尖碎片)in his foot.The boy,who was in great pain at first, was joyful when the surgeon was finally able to remove the splinter from a deep wound.

7Shopping in a hardware store a few days later,he ran into the boy's mother,who was the store's cashier.The mother looked at Sheng and said,“You are the doctor.”It took him a while to remember who the woman was.“Then she introduced me to her co-workers in the store in a loud and happy voice.Right then,I felt that all my efforts were worth it,”Sheng said.

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1.Why do the staff call Sheng's surgery day“Black Thursday”?

A.Sheng is too busy to eat lunch.

B.A lot of complicated cases come.

C.The workload has at least doubled.

D.Sheng's working hours last too long.

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2.What can we learn about Sheng from the text?

A.He is satisfied that his work was recognized.

B.He can have a break every weekend in August.

C.He often transfers the critically ill to other hospitals.

D.He always receives difficult cases on Mondays.

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3.Which of the following best describes Sheng's job?

A.Boring.

B.Well-paid.

C.Dangerous.

D.Demanding.

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4.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A.Sheng was approved of by the native.

B.Sheng enjoyed his life in Lesotho.

C.Sheng couldn't remember who the woman was.

D.Sheng was an excellent doctor in the mother's mind.

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1.But he has maintained his pace,performing at least eight surgeries almost each Thursday,trying his best to treat the critically ill who otherwise would have to be transferred to hospitals in the capital,Maseru,which is two hours drive away.但他一直保持著自己的節奏，幾乎每周四都要做至少8 臺手術，盡最大努力治療那些重病患者，否則他們將不得不被轉移到兩小時車程外的首都馬塞盧的醫院。

【點石成金】句中的who 引導的是定語從句，在句中作主語，從句修飾先行詞the critically ill；which在句中引導的也是定語從句，which在從句中作主語，從句修飾先行詞Maseru。

2.The boy,who was in great pain at first,was joyful when the surgeon was finally able to remove the splinter from a deep wound.當這名外科醫生終于從一個很深的傷口中取出碎片時，這個一開始非常痛苦的男孩，高興起來了。

【點石成金】句中的who 引導的是定語從句，在從句中作主語，從句修飾先行詞the boy；句中的when引導的是時間狀語從句。